Old stuff Day 2025

Morning #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity it's #OldStuffDay 2025. Quite a few years ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs. To choose one of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you were to share blogposts from other bloggers which you thought deserved the same spotlight of attention before they were returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

Here's some great posts from other bloggers. Apologies to the many great bloggers out there I haven't included, you do sterling work too, these are just the ones I was reminded to remember over the last 12 months [or remembered from previous Old Stuff Days]:

From The Warp

As always on Old Stuff Day, Ron From the Warp remains the inspiration for my blog. He may have stepped away from blogging 2012 and we only shared the blogosphere for 18 months or so, but you acknowledge those that came before and he did it so well. Since last year Ron has actually reformatted the blog to be easier to navigate. No new content but if you want to check out some great tutorials it's a much more rewarding experience now.

GMM Studios

If you've never heard of GMM Studios, it's a one-man painting commission business. There are lots of commission services nowadays. Teams of talented individuals creating quality armies to varying standards depending on your budget. GMM seems to be someone who only has the one standard, and it is consistently jaw dropping. Massive armies, executed to amazing standards and all displayed on awesome backdrops, some of which are display boards for the armies. He had a fire a few years back, losing some of his materials and projects, not to mention a good portion of his home and painting studio. But, he's back in fine form, so check out his gallery of work: Galleries — GMM Studios 

Marc at Old School Gaming

I often think of Marc as my southern hemisphere hobby twin. We share so much in common and his blog is always a fascinating read. As we both love Knight, lets just look at a few of his Imperial Knights though:
Old School Gaming: A Knight's Tale: Perseus Intrepidus TO-DONE!

Old School Gaming: DreadTober: "Theseus" Ferrum Fortis TO-DONE!!!

Old School Gaming: DreadTober: Armiger Warglaive "Patroclus" Audax TO-DONE!!!

262krieg

Speaking of Imperial Knights let take a look at DAM's banner of big freaking robots 🤖 at 262krieg.blogspot.com

Realm of Chaos 80s

How about we read a 12 year old interview with Andy Chambers. One of the most influential people in early Warhammer development. 

Chucking Monkeys

Monkeychuka hasn't posted since 2022 but he had a two year hiatus between his first and second post so you never know if we've lost a blogateer or not. But he has great content and a wry sense of humour. Now, one day I hope to get a Tyranid Exocrine. I can never get over the fact it costs 30% more than a Tyrannofex for 30% less of a model. So I always convince myself to get another Tfex/Tervigon off ebay instead. But if I do, I definitely want to magnetise the Exocrine /Haruspex head and Monkeychuka has created a pretty awesome tutorial to do it: Chucking Monkeys: Magnetising your Haruspex/Exocrine

Weemen

Weemen has been a blog for 17 years! Just imagine, well you don't have to you can just look at the blog and the 100's of posts Siph and Lord HalfPenny have penned over the years. The pure productivity of them both is inspiring. So many completed models painted to a great standard and the range, from space marines to fuls scale titans - more than inspiring, it's awe-inspiring. They even have a decent scoring system to keep track of their hobby:

• 1pt Troop type mini (25mm/32mm)
• 2pt Termie/Bike type (40mm/50mm)
• 5pt Rhino/Terrain/Dread/Armiger/ Flyer/AT Titan
• 10pt Landraider/Drop Pod/Character
• 20pt Imp Knight/Superheavy
• 50-75pt Titan (WH50, R/WB60, WL75)

Maybe this is something I should be adopting. I always struggle with what is something worth. Rather than reinvent the wheel and create my own why not just try this? And it's backwards compatible, I can look back at previous hobby season's and score them accordingly.

Anyway, if you're ever in a position to get yourself a 40k sized Warlord Titan, you will benefit from this expert guide to building and painting your own: weemen.blogspot.com/2016/02/forge-world-warlord-titan-construction.html Not to mention join the Titan Owners Club.

Les Kouzes

I'm a massive fan of Les Kouzes, another blog started 17 years ago and transitioned to social platforms in 2023. It's a shame as the site is well made with their own cartoon profile pics. What is even more helpful is they are totally 'Old Stuff Day friendly' in respect they literally identify their 'best article of the year, between 2014 and 2020. So, let's go back a decade to 2015 and this amazing Imperial Knight flyer conversion.

Painting Bunker

I hold my hands up, I included thepaintingbunker.com/category/battle-reports/ last Old Stuff Day but although the blog itself hasn't updated since 2017 there is some news. The main reason I often think about it is the amazing terrain pieces and at least one of them is now available to buy on ebay. So, if you have £600+ this glorious piece could be yours.

Didcot Wargames Club

Mark has been blogging since April 2015 and as we approach his 10th blogaversary it's worth noting how his blog has evolved. Originally as St Andrew's Wargaming, its name has changed as he's moved around, setting up wargames clubs wherever he goes. Hopefully with them left hale and healthy in his absence. Anyway, alongside his more recent terrain posts showcasing the terrain he's building for the club he used to regularly showcase people in the hobby blogosphere with his Better know a blogger feature. It doesn't look like he's had any to share since 2019, but if you're knew to hobby blogging and want to reach a wider audience he's still asking for folk to write in...

Dreadtober

Dreadtober was started in 2015 by Greg at Feed Your Nerd, Todd at Sincain40k with many other bloggers, like John at 40k Hobby Blog jumping on the project. By the start of Dreadtober 2015 there were 48 DreadTober-teers. Since then the annual challenge has got it's own website and it's creators passed on the baton to other committed hobbyists. Marc from Old School Gaming has been keeping the flame of passion for dread sized hobby projects alive. 2025 is a decade since it's inception, so it would be good to see it with at least as many participants this year as its first outing. So start planning today by checking out some of the earliest known Dreadtober blog posts.  

Blogger Painting Event: DreadTober 2015 - Feed Your Nerd

Dreadtober 2015 - Feed Your Nerd

Facing The Grey Tide: DreadTober
A Dreadtober Introduction - What is Happening for the 2016 Edition
DreadTober: DreadTober 2017 Participants

SincaiN40K: DreadTober .. It's been a long time..

By taking part you'll get chance to proudly wear your Dreadtober participation badge, this was last year's. 2025's is another peach, 🍑 so you will want to get one.

My blog

As I have to recommend old blogposts from my own blog and I never know what to share how about I take the opportunity to remember our good friend Scott. It's been 3 months since his passing and I'm not sure a shed gaming session goes by without thinking about him or commenting about his unique dice rolling technique. So I'm going to share some of the posts he featured in:

The only time I ever beat Ben's Necrons, by letting Scott play with them.

www.40kaddict.uk/2014/03/throne-of-skulls-march-2014-tyanids-vs_27.html

Our shortlived game at Warhammer World in 2016
www.40kaddict.uk/2016/03/throne-of-skulls-march-2016-battle-0.html

Scott's epic success at the 2016 Throne of Skulls

www.40kaddict.uk/2016/03/throne-of-skulls-march-2016-painting.html

We returned to Warhammer World in 2018 for the GT3 tournament. Scott and I were giddy resulting in  some of my favourite photos of us being silly together, while the others were seriously discussing the hobby!

www.40kaddict.uk/2018/02/warhammer-world-gt3-interim-report.html

March 2nd is #OldStuffDay

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #PaintingWarhammer

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity, just a heads up March 2nd is Old Stuff Day. More than a decade ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs and it's still going strong today. The aim is to choose one or more of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved, or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you share blogposts from other bloggers which you think deserves the same spotlight of attention, before they're returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

However, I know a lot of hobbyists don't have blogs, maybe they Twitter or Insta, in which case go back to one of your old tweets and retweet or share one of your oldest figures or the first miniature you ever painted. If you feel inclined to check out the old fuddy-duddy blogosphere for cool posts that's cool too. And don't forget to add #OldStuffDay

So, if you have a blog don't forget to root through your old posts and rediscover those hidden gems. Feel free to use the Old Stuff Day poster by Firstkeeper from DeviantArt. Celebrate Old Stuff Day with the rest of us. 

Old stuff Day 2024

Morning #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity it's #OldStuffDay 2024. Quite a few years ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs. To choose one of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you were to share blogposts from other bloggers which you thought deserved the same spotlight of attention before they were returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

Here's some great posts from other bloggers. Apologies to the many great bloggers out there I haven't included, you do sterling work too, these are just the ones I was reminded to remember over the last 12 months [or remembered from previous Old Stuff Days]:

From The Warp

As always, Ron From the Warp remains the inspiration for the blog. it may be 12 year's since he stepped away from blogging and we only shared the blogosphere for 18 months or so but you acknowledge those that came before and he did it so well. It might be slightly challenging to navigate now but there is so much great content here for those willing to explore - fill your boots.

How to sculpt greenstuff cloaks:

https://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-to-sculpt-greenstuff-cloaks-and.html

I love counter and markers, and Ron shows you how he made his

https://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2009/01/40k-counters-and-markers.html
Now this is not old but Ron has thrown his hat back in the blogging ring repeatedly, often about his love of Space Hulk. This is his latest blog with some interesting posts.
https://onehourhobby.blogspot.com/

Liam from Blue Warp Studios

We were still reeling from lockdown and Liam had a bad back but this was the tipping point for #MESBG one game and he was hooked. He probably has more warbands than all of us now.

https://bluewarpstudios.blogspot.com/2021/06/my-first-middle-earth-strategy-battle.html

Next up he did some great reposing for his chaos knight Armigers. I was referring to these when I was reposing my latest Armiger additions. Well worth consulting if you want to repose your diddy knights.

https://bluewarpstudios.blogspot.com/2019/06/renegade-knights-wip-images-and-how.html

Marc at Old School Gaming

It's always nice to look back at that first post, the one that got you started in this often unremarkable world of blogging. Your first shout into the void, and Marc does a grand job of setting out his stall and sharing his passion for the hobby.

https://oldschoolg4m1ng.blogspot.com/2014/02/what-is-old-school-gaming.html

Weemen

A wealth of Titan Building posts on the Weemen blog. If you ever plan on building a Warlord titan, you should check out Siph's guide, there are plenty of links to WiPs to help get you through the biggest of hobby projects.

https://weemen.blogspot.com/2015/12/legio-astorum-warlord-titan-build-wip-7.html

Les Kouzes

I love what these guys do, I've probably shared these posts many times before but they're undeniably worth visiting again.

http://leskouzes.blogspot.com/2020/02/making-of-plague-tower.html

http://leskouzes.blogspot.com/2014/03/plague-centaurion.html

Heresy and heroes

John at Heresy and heroes did a cool hobby desk photo essay back before he joined GW and stopped blogging. As he's returned to the blogosphere maybe we'll get an update. Show the post some love and we might help make that happen.

https://heresyandheroes.com/our-desks-a-photo-essay/

Painting Bunker

I think about this blog  quite often, because the scenery was exquisite. It hasn't had an update in 7 years, which is a shame as they were getting into Epic at the time and I suspect Legio Imperialis is right up their street now

https://thepaintingbunker.com/category/battle-reports/

Eye of Error

I've shared this before, but I still think the Mariner's Blight army was one of the best I've ever seen 

http://eyeoferror.blogspot.com/search/label/Mariners%20Blight

From the Fang

For so long my hobby efforts were intertwined with my tournament events. Alex organised the best tournaments at Element Games. They were always fun and this last doubles tournament was the only time we faced off. This was his battle report. I know it's out of date with current edition, but it's still a fun read, because 'dice tell stories'!

http://fromthefang.blogspot.com/2018/09/my-double-trouble-4-battle-reports.html

My blog

And my take on the same battle

https://www.40kaddict.uk/2018/09/1750pts-battle-report-imperial-knights_10.html

I wrote this post about Hoshi Komi 13 year's ago. I mention how my brother met someone who was into role playing and miniatures. That person was in fact Otty, who continues to be a driving force in my hobby crew - encouraging us with MESBG, Turnip28 and Bolt Action. Maybe one day he'll get back into 40k!
https://www.40kaddict.uk/2011/01/hoshi-komi-oriental-gaming-fusion.html

Happy Old Stuff Day! I hope these Old Stuffs are of interest.

March 2nd is #OldStuffDay

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #PaintingWarhammer

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity, just a heads up March 2nd is Old Stuff Day. More than a decade ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs and it's still going strong today. The aim is to choose one or more of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved, or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you share blogposts from other bloggers which you think deserves the same spotlight of attention, before they're returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

However, I know a lot of hobbyists don't have blogs, maybe they Twitter or Insta, in which case go back to one of your old tweets and retweet or share one of your oldest figures or the first miniature you ever painted. If you feel inclined to check out the old fuddy-duddy blogosphere for cool posts that's cool too. And don't forget to add #OldStuffDay

So, if you have a blog don't forget to root through your old posts and rediscover those hidden gems. Feel free to use the Old Stuff Day poster by Firstkeeper from DeviantArt. Celebrate Old Stuff Day with the rest of us. 

Old stuff day 2023

Morning #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity it's #OldStuffDay 2023. Quite a few years ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs. To choose one of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you were to share blogposts from other bloggers which you thought deserved the same spotlight of attention before they were returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

Here's some great posts from other bloggers [apologies to the many great bloggers out there I haven't included, you do sterling work too, these are just the ones I was reminded to remember over the last 12 months]:

Bobo's Blood Bowl 7s pitch

I've not play Blood Bowl 7's but I suspect I'd like it. I will be making a 7's pitch for #ArmiesOnParade2023 and although this won't be my step-by-step it's pretty cool and helpful if you fancy giving it a go.

https://snowwhitehills.blogspot.com/2020/04/blood-bowl-sevens-pitch.html

Dreadtober 2017

#DreadTober is a great community event in October to paint 'dread' sized figures. 2017 was the first year I got my act together and organised my projects so I could join in. I've been at it since and will continue to support it.
http://dreadtober.blogspot.com/p/dreadtober-2017.html

Heresy & Heroes Hobby Desk Photo Essay

John is along time blogger and ex-Games Workshop staffer. He did a photo essay in 2017 asking for our hobby desks and info on how we work, I even contributed. Maybe it's due an update?
https://heresyandheroes.com/our-desks-a-photo-essay/

Old School Gaming

OK, I'm cheating here as Marc's first post is not old, it was posted on the 10th of Feb this year! But the content is really old - a beautiful 2nd edition Termagant brood. I would love this. 

https://oldschoolg4m1ng.blogspot.com/2023/02/2nd-edition-army-challenge-iv.html

Additionally there's a post from December 2022, but it's the classic alien cactus terrain and lastly a genuine old post from 2014 in his awesome Iron Snakes. Marc is a banner bearer for Old School, hence the blog title, so go check them out.
https://oldschoolg4m1ng.blogspot.com/2022/12/retro-alien-cactus-to-done.html

https://oldschoolg4m1ng.blogspot.com/2014/08/iron-snakes-sternguard-test-mini.html

Tale of Painters

Tale of Painters is a great collection of hobbyists so you never know what's going to pop up as this fantastic Death Guard by Shvagyer army illustrates

https://taleofpainters.com/2020/10/showcase-death-guard-kill-team-by/

In another universe I did paint my Imperial Knights House Hawkshroud, but I may have had hot dogs for fingers and they came out rubbish. But when I see Aurélie's I hope they turned out awesome.

https://taleofpainters.com/2020/03/showcase-house-hawkshroud-imperial/

le Blog dé Kouzes!

le Blog dé Kouzes is always inspirational and Morback's plague/chaos armies are amazing, this knight in particular.

http://leskouzes.blogspot.com/2018/06/faminus-black-knight.html

As well as the plague Centaurion.

http://leskouzes.blogspot.com/2014/03/plague-centaurion.html

Also check out this collection of posts by Larg which are really inspirational and covers a huge swathe of the history of their blog

http://leskouzes.blogspot.com/search/label/Pandemonium%20genesis

Chucking Monkeys

Still one of the most impressive conversions by Monkey Chuka

http://monkeychuka.blogspot.com/2015/04/in-utero.html

Blue Warp Studios

Liam makes really cool things from scratch. He's entered the world of 3D printing now, so we may never see the likes of these scratchbuilds again. When you can design and print in resin who needs to cut and glue plasticard, then sculpt in greenstuff and Milliput?

http://bluewarpstudios.blogspot.com/2014/03/chaos-shadowsword-wip-part-2.html

Weemen

Siph gives great advice on unifying a theme. With so many armies and factions you may want to collect having a way to tie them is really helpful.

https://weemen.blogspot.com/2010/04/creating-unified-theme-ftw.html

From The Warp

As always, Ron From the Warp remains the inspiration for the blog. it may be 11 year's since he stepped away from blogging and we only shared the blogosphere for 18 months or so but you acknowledge those that came before and he did it so well. It might be slightly challenging to navigate now but there is so much great content here for those willing to explore - fill your boots.

https://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/

And to my own blogposts. 

If I'm honest I don't know where to start, this will be my 1,997th post [now that's a milestone] how do you choose? I've probably done this before though and used my showcase. It represents almost everything I've completed since I started the blog. Finishing things was the motivation for the blog, it helped keep my hobby mojo flowing and it's helped me to record all my efforts and celebrate what I've achieved.

https://www.40kaddict.uk/p/showcase-2.html

But also, it's been 7 year's since I hosted my terrain competition but it's still a huge sense of pride that the community came together and made things.
40kaddictTerrain competition

March 2nd is #OldStuffDay

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity, just a heads up March 2nd is Old Stuff Day. More than a decade ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs and it's still going strong today. The aim is to choose one or more of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved, or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you share blogposts from other bloggers which you think deserves the same spotlight of attention, before they're returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

However, I know a lot of hobbyists don't have blogs, maybe they Twitter or Insta, in which case go back to one of your old tweets and retweet or share one of your oldest figures or the first miniature you ever painted. If you feel inclined to check out the old fuddy-duddy blogosphere for cool posts that's cool too. And don't forget to add #OldStuffDay

So, if you have a blog don't forget to root through your old posts and rediscover those hidden gems. Feel free to use the Old Stuff Day poster by Firstkeeper from DeviantArt. Celebrate Old Stuff Day with the rest of us. 

Old stuff day 2022

Morning #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity it's #OldStuffDay 2022. A few years ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs. To choose one of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you were to share blogposts from other bloggers which you thought deserved the same spotlight of attention before they were returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

Here's some great posts from other bloggers [apologies to the many great bloggers out there I haven't included, you do sterling work too, these are just the ones I was reminded to remember over the last 12 months]:

Who wouldn't want a tutorial on making/sculpting candle?

https://www.thediceabide.com/blog/2014/01/how-to-sculpt-candles

Henry South is an Oscar and Bafta winning film special FX genius. He's also a hobbyist once kept a fascinating blog about his effort. Although he's stopped blogging the great thing is all his content is still there and there are some great posts. This one how to be a better painter may well change your view on paint brushes

http://4gotowar.blogspot.com/2015/07/how-to-be-better-painter.html

Part 2 is available here.

http://4gotowar.blogspot.com/2015/07/

And, as mental health quite often finds itself a concern among hobbyists this may well be of benefit

http://4gotowar.blogspot.com/2015/07/painting-with-depression.html

Alex From the Fang is another loss to the hobby blogging community. His Blog Wars tournaments were my favourite events, although his doubles tournament - Double Trouble was even more fun. Blog Wars 6 was my first attendance, immortalised in this here painting competition

http://fromthefang.blogspot.com/2013/11/blog-wars-6-painting-competition-pic.html

OK, so another one about me [sort of] but it's from a blog that at least is still going and does highlight my long running connection with weemen, not just Siph generously commenting and giving feedback on every blogpost I make [for which I am eternally grateful]

https://weemen.blogspot.com/2013/11/blog-wars-6-some-pics.html

Mike Corr is another blogger who I connected with through Blog Wars and although eventually it wasn't a prerequisite to taking part in the tournament he subsequently would start a blog. If you are contemplating it you might want to think like Mike did and come up with some sort of continuous post. Here he interviewed various other bloggers, 54 in fact. Each one is an interesting take on the hobby from those willing to share their exploits. Well worth checking out the list and you can see I got featured at number 6

http://standwargaming.blogspot.com/p/better-know-blogger.html
http://standwargaming.blogspot.com/2016/05/better-know-blogger-part-6-confessions.html

When I start collecting links for Old Stuff Day it can be early in the year and then when I come to write the blog post I don't always know why I picked the links that I did. For some reason I decided a post on modular gaming tables would be appropriate. Now I did think I perhaps just copied the link from another Old Stuff Day post, and that still may be the case, but I can't find it if I did

http://realmsofminiatures.blogspot.com/2012/04/modular-gaming-table-part-9.html

And to my own blogposts. Having felt disheartened by my foray into 9th edition I thought I'd share some amazing experiences from previous editions that I hope one day to re-experience.

My most epic Tyranid Vs Imperial Knights

My 40k at 40 Birthday Bash

Birthday Bash 2.0 [click through for more reports]

Lastly, I held a terrain competition 6 years ago, utilising funds from my advertising revenue to supply prizes. I'm just over three quarters of the way to doing it again but I'm still pleased with the efforts of those involved.

March 2nd is #OldStuffDay

Afternoon #warmongers and #warhammercommunity, just a heads up March 2nd is Old Stuff Day. More than a decade ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs and it's still going strong today. The aim is to choose one or more of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved, or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you share blogposts from other bloggers which you think deserves the same spotlight of attention, before they're returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

However, 2022 is going to shake things up a bit. I know a lot of hobbyists don't have blogs, maybe they Twitter or Insta, in which case go back to one of your old tweets and retweet or share one of your oldest figures or the first miniature you ever painted. If you feel inclined to check out the old fuddy-duddy blogosphere for cool posts that's cool too. And don't forget to add #OldStuffDay

So, if you have a blog don't forget to root through your old posts and rediscover those hidden gems. Feel free to use the Old Stuff Day poster by Firstkeeper from DeviantArt. Celebrate Old Stuff Day with the rest of us. 

March 2nd is Old Stuff Day

Afternoon #warmongers and #warhammercommunity, just a heads up March 2nd is #OldStuffDay A few years ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs and it's still going strong today. To choose one or more of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you are to share blogposts from other bloggers which you think deserves the same spotlight of attention before they're returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

So if you have a blog don't forget to root through your old posts and rediscover those hidden gems. Feel free to use the Old Stuff Day poster by Firstkeeper from DeviantArt. |If you're on the Twitter, try to find a way to celebrate, maybe look at your oldest hobby tweet. Or, that old chestnut - your first miniature. Celebrate Old Stuff Day with the rest of us. 

Old Stuff Day 2020

Afternoon #warmongers it's #OldStuffDay 2020. A few years ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs. To choose one of your own blogposts that your most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you were to share blogposts from other bloggers which you thought deserved the same spotlight of attention before they were returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

Here's some great posts from other bloggers [apologies to the many great bloggers out there I haven't included, you do sterling work too, these are just the ones I was reminded to remember over the last 12 months]:

Siph_Horridus is a huge support to 40kadddict and the blogging community, much like Greggles, constantly commenting on posts - I don't know how he reads so many blogs, I wish I could do the same. But he's also a blogger in his own right as part of the WeeMen collective. Their blog has been going for 12 years, you know a blog is old - when it has a From the Warp Blogger Group Badge. So, why not go back to the very beginning - 6th November 2008 and basing made easy:
https://weemen.blogspot.com/2008/11/basing-made-easy-10-steps-to-perfection.html
While you're there also check out what Siph did over the next 10 years with those Relictors:
https://weemen.blogspot.com/2018/11/relictors-space-marine-battle-company.html

Speaking of Greg from greggles tabletop, how about his amazing rust cart for the Nova Open 2017. There's amazing close-ups and more importantly the recipe, for how to do that weathered rusty yellow:
https://www.feedyournerd.com/greggles-tabletop/trust-in-rust-is-ready-for-nova-open-2017

I'm not entirely sure what specifically prompted me to include this link [I add posts throughout the year and then cobble together the Old Stuff Day post just before the date]. However, there is plenty to look at from tutorials to painting galleries, so just explore the blog.
https://figurepainters.com/

You know me, I love a good weathered bronze statue. Brian from A Gemtleman's Ones hasn't updated his blog since 2014 but he did this post on verdigris back in 2010
http://agentlemansones.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-way-weathered-statues.html
Now the weird thing is a month back, when thinking about what to add to the links for my Old Stuff Day post I recalled a series of posts about some amazing Kill Zone [one of the intermediate home-brew rules for Kill Team that existed before GW brought '40k in 40 minutes' back in from the cold]. I knew they had been for some big American event but I did a search and there were just too many Kill Team boards from recent events, not helped because I didn't know if it was Nova, LVO or Adepticon. Anyway, when I go back and research why I picked these posts to resurrect I have another look at the blogs and lo-and-behold Brian was the creator of the tables I was looking for. He made these amazing tables and if you click the link and go backwards through the posts you can see how they were built. There is so much more to see on his blog so go check it out:
http://agentlemansones.blogspot.com/2011/04/adepticon-tables-from-thursday-evening.html

I know this isn't quite 6 months old but this post by Andrew about the hobby, social media and self-imposed expectations on your efforts is an amazing read. He managed to encapsulate so much about the way we as hobbyists might aspire to the heights of social media notoriety that other hobbies/interest have, when in reality we should be content to pursue our hobby at our own pace and to our own goals
https://hobbyvices.org/2019/09/01/its-a-hobby-after-all/

David Soper is a 5 time Golden Demon Slayer Sword winner [among many other awards] his blog is fantastic if you want to see how the experts do it. I've shared links in the past, in particular his guides to stippling is well worth checking. What I wanted to share this time is two posts he made about 'building a better tank' I'm not sure if this ever got finished but you should look at it for the awesome kitbashing that goes on:
https://sproketsmallworld.blogspot.com/2017/12/project-p30-tank.html
https://sproketsmallworld.blogspot.com/2019/02/project-p30-building-better-tank.html

Another blog that sadly hasn't been updated since 2017, although that's what Old Stuff Day is about. But because it has gone into hibernation it may be unknown to many. That said the Painting Bunker has some awesome scenery posts. I recently saw someone questioning the parts used having just seen an image on google or some other image aggregation site and thought 'folk should see the rest of this stuff' - check 'em out.
https://thepaintingbunker.com/category/scenery/
https://thepaintingbunker.com/2013/03/03/forge-world-realm-of-battle-cityscape-6-x-4-board-complete/

I've not yet done a concept army or monotone one as I've dreamed of yet. I may have been able to adopt a more painterly style that I think is enjoyable to do, looks good and doesn't actually require the smooth blending skills I now have neither the time, patience, motor skills or aptitude to achieve. But check out this amazing cel-shade Robotech model - I mean it's just flat colours. Maybe there is another way, I wonder what it's like on more organic forms?
http://www.40kaddict.uk/2013/11/cel-shade-robotech-awesomeness.html

And now for something completely different. Before I fell off the wagon and started the hobby again I was happy in my kendo world and I blogged about that too. One of those posts was on the Japanese concept of giri which I may very well have completely misunderstood. But, without kendo, without what I believed giri was, without that sense of belonging, duty and commitment, I would never have been able to adapt to losing my passion and rediscovering my old love for the hobby. Being able to play a game as a shared experience, instead of 'win at all costs', without kendo that would never have happened.
http://kendomusings.blogspot.com/2011/12/giri.html

Happy Old Stuff Day, I hope there are some gems in there that caused you some inspiration or motivation.

March 2nd is Old Stuff Day

Afternoon #warmongers, just a heads up March 2nd is #OldStuffDay A few years ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs and it's still going strong today. To choose one or more of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you are to share blogposts from other bloggers which you think deserves the same spotlight of attention before they're returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

So if you have a blog don't forget to root through your old posts and rediscover those hidden gems. Feel free to use the Old Stuff Day poster by Firstkeeper from DeviantArt.

Old Stuff Day 2019

It's old stuff day 2019. A few years ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs. To choose one of your own blogposts that your most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you were to share blogposts from other bloggers which you thought deserved the same spotlight of attention before they were returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

Here's some great posts from other bloggers [apologies to the many great bloggers out there I haven't included, you do sterling work too, these are just the ones I was reminded to remember over the last 12 months]:

The ever awesome Alex fitted out his garage as a gaming and hobby space. If you want to see how to do that sort of conversion then go check it out. I think there's only three parts but the results are brilliant

http://fromthefang.blogspot.com/2016/12/gaming-garagetm-conversion-part-2.html

The Mandulian Chapel hasn't posted in 4 years so this is prime Old Stuff fodder as folk may not have come across the blog, it had some good stuff. This Swamp Board by Grubnards was particularly impressive, here's the first post
http://synaps3.blogspot.com/2014/04/swamp-board-genesis.html
The rest of the posts can be accessed here: http://synaps3.blogspot.com/search/label/Swamp%20Terrain 

Shameless of me but this is Iapedus post about building terrain in which he made some of my print & play templates. I'd never seen so much of it used in one space and the clever approach to print it on card and have bases they could slot into - allowing it all to be folded up to ensure maximising space was genius.
https://languormanagement.wordpress.com/2017/10/04/build-it-and-they-will-come/

This Spanish [with English version] hobby blog has some additional scenery resources here, well worth checking out. 
http://www.toposolitario.es/workshop/index_scenery.html

Not so 'old' but Tangible Day has a great post on 'Focus Stacking for better miniature photos'. It's a long read and requires some extra skill and effort but if you want to take you miniature photos to the next level then you'll need to put the hard miles in - go check it out.
https://tangibleday.com/2018/12/04/focus-stacking-for-better-miniature-photos-how-to/

I'm not sure if I've posted this before on Old Stuff Day, but it's worth it again anyway. Mr Pink and his insanely good Sector Imperialis basing, to be honest anything on his site is worth a look.
http://www.modernsynthesist.com/2016/11/sector-imperialis-easy-urban-basing.html

And what of the Old Stuff Day instigator himself - Warhammer 39,999? In 2016 I managed to [unknowingly] convince him to buy a Gormiti Fire Mountain Playset to turn into a Tyranid Bastion. As far as I can tell this was the last update, he'll tell me if I'm wrong, but if I'm not it needs finishing Dude! I will add in his first post on the subject he wrote these words'Typically I reserve my 40k stuff for my blog, preferring to wall off my facebook profile due to nerdshame, but Dwez brings out the best in me'... 
https://warhammer39999.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/tyranid-bastion-progress-green-stuff-and-gubbinz/

And lastly the Godfather of Hobby Blogging, to which I still owe so much, even though he doesn't post any more - Ron From the Warp - still a treasure trove of hobby goodness we should all routinely visit first to answer a question - 'how do you make a greenstuff cloak?' Like this!
http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-to-sculpt-greenstuff-cloaks-and.html

And what of my own posts?

How about post numero uno? 25th October 2010, that's as old as I get and it kind of sets up my history and is a jumping off point to read my entire blog from start to finish... if you're a sadist, mind.
https://www.40kaddict.uk/2010/10/ive-really-fallen-of-wagon-now.html

And you could follow that up with a post I did a couple of months after that when I thought I'd exhausted my content but actually set out my basic blog manifesto
https://www.40kaddict.uk/2010/12/whats-in-blog.html

More recently I moved all [well, almost all ;) ] my hobby into '40kaddict towers' or the 'man-cave'. I still can't believe the effort I put into it and what I got out of it, especially having finally painted the back room last year so we now have a dining room. Not only do I have a room for my hobby the extra 'nice' room in my house has been great for family dinners and most likely added value to the house. That has definitely offset the £1200-£1400 it cost to do, and when a Warlord Titan costs nearly that it almost feels like a bargain! It certainly gets more use than a Titan would. An absolute no brainer and theres step-by-step pics of how I went about fitting it out in subsequent posts [in case Alex's garage was too fancy].
https://www.40kaddict.uk/2015/07/40kaddict-towers-man-cave-has-arrived.html

You may or may not have noticed but I have a milestone approaching, just over 2 years ago I made my first million...
https://www.40kaddict.uk/2016/11/1-million.html

March 2nd is Old Stuff Day

Just a heads up March 2nd is Old Stuff Day A few years ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs and it's still going strong today. To choose one or more of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you are to share blogposts from other bloggers which you think deserves the same spotlight of attention before they're returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

So if you have a blog don't forget to root through your old posts and rediscover those hidden gems. Feel free to use the Old Stuff Day poster by Firstkeeper from DeviantArt.

Old Stuff Day 2018

It's old stuff day 2018. A few years ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs. To choose one of your own blogposts that your most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you were to share blogposts from other bloggers which you thought deserved the same spotlight of attention before they were returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

The two posts I'm going to shine a spotlight on are posts where I tried to tackle the issue of keeping motivated.

http://www.40kaddict.uk/2012/11/misdirection.html

http://www.40kaddict.uk/2013/10/the-hobby-matrix-or-how-to-beat-your.html

Which reminds me of Tabletop Minion's recent video

From other blogs, first up one of the single most useful reminders of why Army Painter washes are awesome and in also reminds us of the Godfather of hobby blogging the great Ron From the Warp
http://fromthewarp.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/devlan-mud-and-badab-black-wash.html

If you don't have a plan on how to do your bases but want something unique and stylish then just do this:
http://scarhandpainting.com/tutorial-modelling-overgrown-bases/

I fell in love with the Brush Brothers approach to rusty gold when I first saw it in 2010, these Blood Angels were particularly awesome. I've never quite reached their quality with my own brassy/bronze but here's a step-by-step guide to achieve awesome.
http://thebrushbrothers.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/rusty-gold-tutorial.html

Warren Ludwig makes beautiful terrain, this selection of caves and the process in making them is a pleasure to behold and truly inspirational.
http://ludstuff.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Sculpture-Tabletop%20Gaming

Again terrain, John at the Painting Bunker made this air strip for a 30k tournament back in 2014. The finished article is fantastic, but search deeper and you will discover how it was made...
https://thepaintingbunker.com/2014/03/10/air-strip-one-finished/

Monkeychuka makes some amazing models, this Carnifex inside a Tyrannocyte is a thing of obscene beauty and skill. Couple that with the best Vargheist wing kitbash Tyranid Warriors to Shrikes [the link I always use to answer the question that regularly comes up on Facebook/forums].
http://monkeychuka.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/in-utero.html
http://monkeychuka.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/charlies-angels.html

Who doesn't like les Kouzes? To think at least one [sorry don't know if it's more] went on to join GW and sculpt many of the new Death Guard. Anyway, this post from 2014 shows how to paint 'brucked-up' yellow - oh my!
http://leskouzes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/maintenance-area-20.html

Darren 'Razza' Latham is a Games Workshop Miniatures Designer and former 'Eavy Metal figure painter. He judges the Golden Demon too, but what some may not know is he's had a blog since 2013, quietly posting away, less so in the last few years as twitter has probably taken over as a way to communicate. He posted in Feb though but it's Old Stuff Day so start in 2013 and work you forward to the future, the models are amazing.
http://razzaminipainting.blogspot.co.uk/2013/

Gavin Lee Manners does some amazing large model work, I wish I could do it. Check out this weathering guide and Imperial Knight from 2015 while marvelling more recently at the Warlord yet to come.
http://gavinmanners.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/oooook.html 
http://gavinmanners.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/imperial-knight-acheron-honour.html
http://gavinmanners.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/warlord-titan-wip-2.html

Just some inspiration pictures for textures and weathering on terrain. it was only last year I saw it but even so...
http://roebeast.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/steampunk-photo-reference.html

Hope you enjoyed these jems from the past, and don't forget Old Stuff Day 2019 ;)

March 2nd is Old Stuff Day

Just a heads up March 2nd is Old Stuff Day A few years ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs and it's still going strong today. To choose one or more of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you are to share blogposts from other bloggers which you think deserves the same spotlight of attention before they're returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

So if you have a blog don't forget to root through your old posts and rediscover those hidden gems. Feel free to use the Old Stuff Day poster by Firstkeeper from DeviantArt.

March 2nd is Old Stuff Day

Just a heads up March 2nd is Old Stuff Day A few years ago now warhammer39999 wanted to join a movement to rediscover lost gems from the world of hobby blogs and it's still going strong today. To choose one or more of your own blogposts that you're most proud of, or may not have got the attention it deserved or any thing that may warrant some necromantic blogpost bothering. On top of that you are to share blogposts from other bloggers which you think deserves the same spotlight of attention before they're returned to their dark nightmare infested slumbers.

So if you have a blog don't forget to root through your old posts and rediscover those hidden gems. Feel free to use the Old Stuff Day poster by Firstkeeper from DeviantArt.